Bellevue Council voted unanimously at its work session on Tuesday to offer the director of administrative services (DAS) position to an unnamed candidate.

The borough has been without a manager since Connie Flasher resigned in March to accept a position in Eastern Pennsylvania.

Details of the new employment contract are not being released pending acceptance by the candidate.

Bellevue may hire a graduate student to serve as interim director of administrative services.

Members of Bellevue Council held a special meeting Tuesday to discuss four options presented by finance committee chairman Mark Panichella, and seemed to reach a compromise on how to manage the borough's government until a permanent DAS can be hired to replace Connie Flasher, who resigned last month.

Bellevue Council is expected to vote on March 23 to amend the borough's snow removal ordinance so that the notice requirement does not defeat the purpose.

It took considerably longer than the 15 minutes allotted Tuesday evening for Bellevue Council to approve a 2010 budget, but officials worked together to come up with a balanced spending plan.

Already nearly a month late due to procedural errors, the budget was expected to be approved quickly in a special meeting on Jan. 26. Officials, however, arrived to find that no actual budget was attached to the ordinance they were voting on, and the latest version of the budget distributed to council did not match the earlier advertised summary, and was not, in fact, balanced.

Bellevue’s chances of approving a 2010 budget by the end of the year went up in smoke last Friday night when a scheduled public hearing never got off the ground.

Although five members of council were in the room at 6 p.m., when the budget hearing was supposed to start, two refused to participate because they said the borough administration had failed to comply with Bellevue’s home rule charter in terms of the pre-hearing mandated advertising.

Election day could come a month early for one candidate for Bellevue Council.

Council currently has a vacancy created by the Aug. 26 resignation of third ward representative Jerry Walter. Although Walter did not remove his name from the Nov. 3 general election ballot, he is not considered a viable candidate. That leaves Democrat Mark Panichella in good position to be elected to the seat next month.

He could, however, be appointed to fill the council vacancy as early as next Tuesday, during council's regular meeting.

Bellevue Council's parks and recreation committee has recommended selling a portion of Memorial Park.

The portion in question is the lot along Bellevue Road that Bellevue was forced recently to clear of vegetation, debris and stored building materials.

Because all of Memorial Park lies within Ross Township, rather than Bellevue, the property is subject to Ross property maintenance laws. After the township received complaints this summer from residents along an adjacent street, Bellevue cut down trees, removed poison ivy, and was forced to find a new home for stored bricks.

Bellevue Council members disagree over which borough employee should settle disputes over garbage collection billing.

Bellevue Council wants to negotiate with the Northgate School District over sharing the cost of the Glaser Avenue rehabilitation, but council members disagree on what portion Bellevue should contribute.

Shared passes? Shared services at the Bellevue and Avalon swimming pools might someday go a step further.

This year, for the first time, the two boroughs are sharing a pool manager and lifeguards, coordinating programs and moving personnel between the pools as necessary.

Bellevue parks committee chairman Steve Mosolansky, speaking at the pre-council meeting held July 24, suggested allowing pass holders at both pools to visit the other pool at no additional charge.